France: Newspaper,"L'Union en Ligne," Reports on Falun Dafa: The Method of Relaxing Body and Mind from China (Photo)


By Alexandre Roger

(Clearwisdom.net)

The French newspaper L'Union en Ligne reported the following on September the 8th 2004:

Falun Dafa is attracting more and more disciples from all over the world and it will come to Reims soon. The method of relaxing body and mind from Mainland China, is now banned by the Chinese Government.

The method is suitable for all ages without any side effects. The five simple sets of exercises are practised with music and tens of millions of people in the world are practising Falun Dafa.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a method of sitting in meditation together with special exercises similar to Yoga and Tai Chi. It originates from Chinese traditional culture and was introduced to the general public in 1992. Deng Bo explains that Falun Gong is not a religion but a method of relaxing body and mind.

Deng Bo is twenty nine and a student whose major is electronics, electronic engineering and advanced automatic engineering in Reims Science and Technology Academy. The future engineer is a representative of the Falun Dafa Association in Reims. She volunteers to teach those who are interested in the method some sitting and standing exercises that are very easy to learn.

The bright smiling girl explained that Falun Gong is a method of meditation and has no political agenda or religious rituals. Everybody can learn it without membership or hierarchy. All classes are free of charge. All materials are available on the Internet for free. Deng Bo has lived in France for a year and half. Is she going back to China? She is not considering it at the moment.

The method of meditation was banned in her motherland in 1999. The success of the method among the people frightened the Chinese Government. "This method of relaxing the body and mind is non-political, neither do we seek money or fame." Tens of millions of Chinese people had been practising Falun Gong before it was banned. "Many people have been put into prison since it was banned and the situation of some other practitioners is even worse now due to the brutal persecution."

Mr. Li Hongzhi is the founder of Falun Gong. He now lives in the United States where there are a lot of practitioners.

Falun Gong is the method of self-meditation refining the body and mind. Many people can be seen practising Falun Gong in the Jardin du Luxembourg and Parc des Butte Chaumont in Paris. Numerous Falun Dafa practitioners are practising together. The exercises, including sitting meditation, are easy to learn and they can make you feel relaxed and increase your energy levels. The main Dafa books introduce in steps how to learn the practice. (You can download the book from the Internet at www.falundafa.org)

Deng Bo is not thinking of settling down in France. " I hope that I will go back to my motherland one day because the truth can not be covered up forever."

Translated from http://www.lunion.presse.fr/semaine/2004.0908/loc/20040908.UNA1879.html

Source http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200409/22089.html
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/9/13/84062.html

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